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The Blitzboks have come back with a win against Spain in their second Pool D encounter at the France Sevens at Stade Ernest-Wallon in Toulouse.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 6:56 pm
This will be done to preserve diesel stocks in an attempt to contain the amount of load shedding, Eskom said.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 6:34 pm
Sisi Khampepe will start her five-year term on 28 June 2022. She takes over from Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 6:27 pm
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says government will change the shareholder model of its commercial companies, to put them on a more commercial footing. Gordhan also gave a sneak preview of Eskom's financial results.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 5:55 pm
At the current oil price and rand levels, this means petrol may be hiked by more than R3.50 in the first week of June.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 5:44 pm
The widow of murdered Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear is furious over a notice that the protection for her and her two sons will be withdrawn.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 5:21 pm
KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating charges of murder after four men were shot dead in KwaMashu.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 5:21 pm
Disaster management teams in KwaZulu-Natal are on standby as warnings for disruptive rain and inclement weather heighten for the coming weekend.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 5:18 pm
Stormers head coach John Dobson appeared resigned to losing star World Cup-winning fullback Warrick Gelant to France and said they won't stand in his way.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 4:28 pm
South African singer Lira has shared an update on her health.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 4:13 pm
Daniel Scheepers was arrested, without a warrant, in December 2009 near his place of residence.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 3:29 pm
Stellenbosch University says although it has expedited the disciplinary complaint against Theuns du Toit over the urination incident, it must follow proper processes to come to a conclusion that will hold.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 3:29 pm
The ANC is expected to host its elective conference in December, and the deputy presidency position is expected to be hotly contested.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 3:29 pm
The ANC says political parties that formed coalition governments in municipalities where it lost power have less in common than a "crowd of drunkards", and are "ganging up" to keep it out of power.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 3:28 pm
The Bulls' band of new Springbok hopefuls have an ideal chance to kick-on against international opposition in Ospreys on Friday night.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 2:43 pm
The total cost to repair the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is estimated at R1.1 billion.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 2:32 pm
The IEC says elections have become so highly contested that intra and inter-party rivalries are increasingly playing out in the electoral process.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 2:32 pm
An ill-disciplined Springbok Sevens side suffered a disappointing loss to Ireland in their opening Pool D encounter at the France Sevens in Toulouse.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 1:59 pm
KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu has launched an investigation into allegations of 'police brutality' at Effingham Secondary School in Durban, after a video depicting a security guard pointing a firearm at a pupil went viral on social media.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 1:56 pm
Two men who allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old boy and demanded a million rand in ransom have been arrested by the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal.
Posted: May 20, 2022, 12:04 pm